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From: grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
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Subject: xtex 2.15 available
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Version 2.15 of the xtex previewer is on expo.lcs.mit.edu &
foobar.colorado.edu. The complete package, SeeTeX-2.15.tar.Z is needed
if you've never installed xtex before.

Changes:

+ display postscript code cleaned up greatly. Doesn't cause
  as much server bloat. Still only useful under DEC Display
  Postscript (that I know of). Still only handles \psfig specials
  (because that's what I use).

+ significantly faster display speed for some servers; someone
  pointed out to me that GXcopy is mucho faster than e.g, GXor.
  On a color SparcStation-1, this makes xtex go from tolerable
  to terrific (I wondered what the problem was). For monochrome
  servers, it's not so noticable (couldn't tell a thing on the
  decstation).

+ minor improvements for printing suggested by people.

Still: no documentation. Someday.